At a time when the print media is declining, and where The Ecologist is going online only, one institution of the green-minded magazine rack is planning a big relaunch. And while we don't normally get excited

It's kind of like a slow-food boot camp for farmers, that includes a stay in the farmhouse of a working farmer, morning chores like gathering eggs and taste testing everything right on the spot. Owners Jen Small and Mike Yezzi have

I had always said that once we moved out of the city, my first purchase would be a chicken coop. But now I might not have to wait until I live in the country for my very own farm fresh eggs because my native Columbia, S.C. is moving

photo: J. Novak
Slow Food is the organization that first brought me to sustainable eating. It showed me how to enjoy the experience of eating the best in local foods. I learned that often times local foods are easier on the planet than organic if they

Previously we've talked about a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) carbon neutral project to ship grain from paddocks to pantries via sail-craft. That was in Canada's British Columbia. For the past year the Sail Transport

Instant feedback is nice. No sooner do I write a post about Hawaii-based Friendly Aquaponics—praising their work, but noting that their plans for aquaponic systems don't come cheap—that I get an email from

It always appeals to me when I see a business that lists, as one of its goals, to "put ourselves out of business as soon as we can" by spreading its knowledge as freely as generously as possible—especially when

Amanda Little built a journalistic career decrying the pains and convulsions of our petrol-obsessed society, but it wasn't until she embarked on a very personal quest did the story of oil become illuminated in human terms. Amanda tells TreeHugger Radio

From Aquaponics USA's ready to use mini-fish farms to Access to Aquaponics' $499.99 starter kits, there are more and more companies aiming to take aquaponics (a symbiotic combination of hydroponics and fish farming) into the

From a 25-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Florida to a 4,500 acre solar thermal installation in California, solar just keeps getting bigger. Within that context, a 100kw array may seem hardly worth mentioning, but folks

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Bioneers 2009 - a weekend-long gathering in San Rafael, California of social and scientific innovators focused on environmental issues - kicked off on Friday with Michael Pollan as a headlining speaker. His talk came in the

It's easy to get radical when faced with the blatantly unsustainable food system in this country, but the most obvious solution is much less sweeping than a revolt. We just need to learn how to cook, according to the Nation's Dan

From açai to goji and raw cocoa to spirulina, superfoods have blossomed into an industry that's expected to reel in upwards of $10 billion by 2011, according to Small Footprint Family. I admit at first I was in awe of such luxurious

While the nation's unemployment rate climbed to an alarming 9.5 percent this month, it still pales in comparison to Camden, N.J.'s most recent jobless rate of 18 percent. More and more people are struggling to put food

The debate over health care has, thus far, revolved around access and cost. While these are important issues, and will no doubt be the focus of any reform plan that emerges from Congress, they overshadow other more

Organic Nation TV host Dorothee Royal-Hedinger and camera man Mark Andrew Boyer have been traveling the country visiting sustainable farmers and providers, and getting a sense of the "sustainable food landscape." Organic Nation TV just completed their

You can't help but to get a bit irked when you enter organic markets and find loads of organic produce trucked in from 3,000 miles away. Unless you're from the small patch of earth in California that seems to be the Mecca of organic